by Sean Coté | Oct 19, 2023 | About D3, D-ACIS Update, D3 Staff, Erica Raleigh, Kurt Metzger
Our biggest anniversary yet! While we’re focused on the data work necessary to be the community data hub for Metro-Detroit, we thought we’d take a moment to reflect on the last 15 years of our organization, and how we’ve become we are today. Look...
by Sean Coté | Sep 7, 2023 | About D3, D3 Staff, Meet the Staff
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Cornerstone Village, Detroit, MI, spending my weekends at Balduck Park, the Eastern Market, Belle Isle Park, or just taking the bus with my grandmother. In 2012, I eventually moved from my childhood home on Detroit’s east side to...
by Sean Coté | Apr 26, 2023 | About D3, D3 Staff, Worker Ownership Series
The worker ownership group prepared a 6-part curriculum to help prepare worker owner candidates for participating in ownership of D3. It’s one part of our three-stage candidacy program, which you can read more about in detail here. Through the curriculum process,...
by Sean Coté | Mar 29, 2023 | About D3, D3 Staff, Worker Ownership Series
While D3’s worker owner group began last year with only five members, the plan has always been to grow the ownership group. After many years of working together to transition the company, the worker owners were faced with the question of what new employees need to...
by Sean Coté | Jan 23, 2023 | About D3, Worker Ownership Series
D3’s transition to worker ownership was supported by many professionals along the way. One of the best resources was people who had “been there done that” or were also in the process of building their own worker-owned coop, especially Eric Anderson at Book Suey. ...
by Sean Coté | Nov 21, 2022 | About D3, D3 Staff, Meet the Staff
Where did you grow up? I grew up around Southeast Michigan. I spent most of my childhood in Redford and then spent my high school and college years around Ann Arbor. What is your degree in? Why did you choose that degree? I have a degree in English. I chose it because...
